https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Sweden in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Sweden's government said on Tuesday it would push forward with a plan to form a new spy agency targeting overseas threats, part of a wider reset prompted by Russia's war in Ukraine. https://www.thelocal.se/20260505/sweden-announces-new-spy-agency-in-ukraine-war-reset Tue, 05 May 2026 14:49:14 +0200 sweden-announces-new-spy-agency-in-ukraine-war-reset A suspect was arrested by Swedish police on Friday. The suspect is accused of planning a terror attack, although the target has not yet been revealed. https://www.thelocal.se/20260410/swedish-security-police-make-a-terrorist-crime-arrest Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:59:18 +0200 swedish-security-police-make-a-terrorist-crime-arrest A court in Luxembourg on Thursday handed a Swedish white supremacist a two-year jail sentence for plotting several "terrorist" attacks, including against the Eurovision Song Contest. https://www.thelocal.se/20251127/swedish-white-supremacist-jailed-for-plotting-eurovision-terror-attack Thu, 27 Nov 2025 17:23:00 +0100 swedish-white-supremacist-jailed-for-plotting-eurovision-terror-attack A man hired for a grenade attack got cold feet at the last minute when he realised the target was the Israeli embassy in Denmark, he told a Copenhagen court, with the bombs finally being lobbed into the yard of a neighbouring house. https://www.thelocal.se/20251126/swede-says-he-got-cold-feet-over-grenade-attack-on-israeli-embassy Wed, 26 Nov 2025 18:06:14 +0100 swede-says-he-got-cold-feet-over-grenade-attack-on-israeli-embassy Sweden on Thursday charged a 23-year-old Swedish-Syrian man with several "terrorist crimes", including attempts to travel to Somalia to join the Islamic State (IS) group, prosecutors said. https://www.thelocal.se/20251120/swedish-syrian-charged-for-attempting-to-travel-to-somalia-to-join-is Thu, 20 Nov 2025 16:59:57 +0100 swedish-syrian-charged-for-attempting-to-travel-to-somalia-to-join-is An 18-year-old man on trial for plotting a terrorist attack admitted on Tuesday to planning a bombing at a large cultural festival in Stockholm, his lawyer said. https://www.thelocal.se/20251119/syrian-swedish-man-admits-planned-attack-against-stockholm-festival Wed, 19 Nov 2025 15:40:23 +0100 syrian-swedish-man-admits-planned-attack-against-stockholm-festival The Swedish Prosecution Authority said Tuesday it intended to charge an 18-year-old man for planning a terrorist act in Stockholm on behalf of the Islamic State group. https://www.thelocal.se/20251104/sweden-to-charge-18-year-old-over-is-terror-plot Tue, 04 Nov 2025 17:06:10 +0100 sweden-to-charge-18-year-old-over-is-terror-plot Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem on Thursday appealed a life sentence handed down in July over the 2015 murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State group in Syria. https://www.thelocal.se/20250822/swedish-jihadist-appeals-life-term-for-jordan-pilot-burned-alive Fri, 22 Aug 2025 17:28:36 +0200 swedish-jihadist-appeals-life-term-for-jordan-pilot-burned-alive A Stockholm court on Thursday handed down a life term to Swedish jihadist Osama Krayem over the murder of a Jordanian pilot burned alive by the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria, which sparked international outrage in 2015. https://www.thelocal.se/20250731/sweden-jihadist-jailed-for-life-over-jordan-pilot-burned-alive Thu, 31 Jul 2025 15:06:12 +0200 sweden-jihadist-jailed-for-life-over-jordan-pilot-burned-alive Prosecutors have charged a Swedish jihadist over the 2014 capture and subsequent killing of a Jordanian pilot, who was burned to death in a cage in Syria after being captured by the Islamic State (IS or Isis) group. https://www.thelocal.se/20250528/sweden-charges-jihadist-over-jordanian-pilot-burned-to-death-in-syria Wed, 28 May 2025 09:09:17 +0200 sweden-charges-jihadist-over-jordanian-pilot-burned-to-death-in-syria Sweden’s counter-intelligence and security agency Säpo has described the country's security situation as "serious", and that developments in the US and other factors could see it worsen. https://www.thelocal.se/20250311/sweden-faces-significant-risk-of-worsening-national-security-agency-warns Tue, 11 Mar 2025 15:02:15 +0100 sweden-faces-significant-risk-of-worsening-national-security-agency-warns A Swedish court on Friday sentenced a man to three years in jail for joining the Islamic State group, the country's first conviction since new legislation was introduced banning participation in a terrorist group. https://www.thelocal.se/20250214/sweden-jails-man-for-joining-islamic-state-in-landmark-conviction Fri, 14 Feb 2025 17:02:06 +0100 sweden-jails-man-for-joining-islamic-state-in-landmark-conviction Swedish prosecutors on Monday asked a court to remand in detention a convicted Swedish jihadist for his suspected involvement in the 2014 killing of a Jordanian pilot in Syria. https://www.thelocal.se/20250120/sweden-considers-charging-jihadist-jailed-abroad-with-war-crimes Mon, 20 Jan 2025 13:53:13 +0100 sweden-considers-charging-jihadist-jailed-abroad-with-war-crimes Three people with alleged ties to the Islamic State are facing trial in Sweden over allegations they plotted terrorist acts, including against Jewish interests, and tried to find minors to carry them out. https://www.thelocal.se/20241202/sweden-charges-alleged-islamic-state-trio-with-terror-plot Mon, 02 Dec 2024 14:52:17 +0100 sweden-charges-alleged-islamic-state-trio-with-terror-plot The United States on Friday designated the Nordic Resistance Movement and three of its leaders terrorists, saying the Scandinavian neo-Nazis pose a threat to Americans. https://www.thelocal.se/20240615/us-designates-nordic-far-right-group-as-terrorists Sat, 15 Jun 2024 13:37:37 +0200 us-designates-nordic-far-right-group-as-terrorists German police have arrested two people suspected of planning a terror attack on the Swedish parliament, reports Der Spiegel. https://www.thelocal.se/20240319/two-men-held-in-germany-over-swedish-parliament-terror-plot Tue, 19 Mar 2024 14:22:17 +0100 two-men-held-in-germany-over-swedish-parliament-terror-plot Sweden's security service said it had arrested four people in Stockholm for preparing terrorist acts linked to "violent Islamist extremism". https://www.thelocal.se/20240308/loud-bangs-heard-as-swedish-police-arrest-four-over-suspected-terror-plot Fri, 08 Mar 2024 07:17:35 +0100 loud-bangs-heard-as-swedish-police-arrest-four-over-suspected-terror-plot Swedish education chiefs have reported a teacher to the police after they allegedly asked students to plot a theoretical terror attack. https://www.thelocal.se/20231213/teacher-in-sweden-suspended-after-asking-students-to-plan-hypothetical-terror-attack Wed, 13 Dec 2023 12:54:17 +0100 teacher-in-sweden-suspended-after-asking-students-to-plan-hypothetical-terror-attack Sweden will ban bags at all major events due to the heightened risk of terror attacks. https://www.thelocal.se/20231101/swedish-police-to-ban-all-bags-at-major-concerts-and-sporting-events Wed, 01 Nov 2023 15:24:04 +0100 swedish-police-to-ban-all-bags-at-major-concerts-and-sporting-events Belgian Justice Minister Vincent Van Quickenborne resigned Friday, four days after a Tunisian migrant killed two Swedish football fans in Brussels, saying the failure to extradite him was a "monumental mistake". https://www.thelocal.se/20231021/belgian-justice-minister-resigns-after-deadly-brussels-attack-on-swedes Sat, 21 Oct 2023 15:00:50 +0200 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